All iPads iPad for one who wants to draw/make art

[Cricketman]

I’m just going to say what you may or may not want to hear, and what certainly apple doesn’t want to hear - if money is tight, do not get an ipad with a pencil for doodling. Continue to doodle and draw on pen and paper. Save up for it if you’d like.

There will be a new one which will make your current one feel obsolute in 6 months to a year at least. And a new one after that. Apple products are so good and inticing but they aren’t going anywhere!

 

[olindacat]

I’m just going to say what you may or may not want to hear, and what certainly apple doesn’t want to hear - if money is tight, do not get an ipad with a pencil for doodling. Continue to doodle and draw on pen and paper. Save up for it if you’d like.

I hear you @Cricketman. We have your same sentiment.My wife is super tight when it comes to money. She scratches away with her crayons and it's not like she's Rembrandt, or even an art student, but scanning and/or shooting flats of sketches she makes with her supply of tools is fine, but her palette is limited, etc.

She turned 57 yesterday (good thing she's not aware of me posting this). I wanted, in the worst way, to have an iPad/pencil on the dinner table for her. I didn't buy one yet for your reasoning, which is mine too. (I could have bought her one at Apple, let her play with it, then returned it, but that's a sleaze move on a bunch of levels....)

She's (naturally) not bad. She wants layering so she can shoot a photo, then draw over it to get the bulk of the composition of something, or maybe just to practice. Helps her think of ideas I guess.

You can make something in your garage, but you still need materials, tools. Not everything can be had from a junk yard, and paper and pens and crayons or whatever, it adds up, makes for piles of paper in a small little space we live in. She ain't getting any younger, and when I look at the sum total our lives... how little she gives herself... her boots have holes in them. How ghetto do we go?

I'm struggling with it right this minute

I call her things "baby art". She wouldn't put it up online, doesn't know how. Says 'people are cruel, I don't need that in my life'. I won't tell her what you all say, but maybe someone will think it's cut, as I do. he has a child's charm.... I think her life outlook can get dreary, depressed. If an iPad will cheer her up, I'm all in, hence the Pro contemplation. I do agree next year they might all have much better everything. I have been looking at CL, eBay, etc., for something recent and used, to give her a start.

 

[LibbyLA]

I have not used my iPads for artwork as much as I’d hoped, but I am still planning to do more. Procreate and Sketches Pro are both nice apps for artwork. She can play with crayons, pencils, watercolor, and other things without having to set aside space, get supplies out or put them up. It’s all on her device and all she needs is her iPad and pencil. She can play just about anywhere, much more easily than with physical art supplies.

If she’s not happy with something, she can delete the file. She can import a photo and trace or sketch to get the basic shapes if she prefers the coloring part to the drawing part. She can undo.

There are great tutorials on learning to use the software, especially about layers.

I think any iPad you choose will serve your (her) purposes so don’t overthink it. She probably won’t know the differences that the gurus here do.

 

[rui no onna]

I think the Air 3 is a pretty good choice for your wife.

To be honest, even the iPad 7th generation seems like it might do. However, 32GB storage on the base model is pretty iffy. Between 128GB iPad 7 for $330 and 64GB iPad Air 3 for $400, I think you're better off getting the Air 3.

I have the Apple Pencil 1 (lost my adapter so charging is a pain) and a Logitech Crayon. My drawings pretty much just tend to be diagrams so I don't miss the pressure sensitivity at all. The Crayon does support tilt (played with it on a Marvel Comics coloring book app). I switch between a couple of iPads and I absolutely love the fact that the Crayon doesn't need to be paired to the iPad. Just turn it on and it ready to go. The Crayon's chunky, flattish shape actually feels more comfortable for me. Kinda like jumbo crayons or Sharpies. Bonus, it doesn't tend to roll off the desk.

Recently ordered the Adonit Note, too. I believe it uses similar tech to the Crayon but doesn't have tilt. Should look much more discreet for jotting notes during meetings which is what I'm after but might be too limited for your wife's use-case.

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You have 60 days from activation date to buy AppleCare+ so you have time to think that one over. You're given the option to get AC+ for $69/2 years or for $3.49/monthly on iPad 7 and Air 3. Over a 2-year span, the monthly option costs ~$15 more total or ~$0.62 more per month.

 

[nicho]

Recently ordered the Adonit Note, too. I believe it uses similar tech to the Crayon but doesn't have tilt. Should look much more discreet for jotting notes during meetings which is what I'm after but might be too limited for your wife's use-case.

I teach 4 year olds so I can get away with the "kiddy" look. When my crayons die, though, I'll be replacing the orange ones with the new grey/space grey colour combo.

 

[danmart]

Art is art if you enjoy it. Naive art is a thing. We have two fantastic pictures by an artist called Jenny Birchall who paints on found wood. Her compositions feature famous Cornish places, being visited by pop-culture icons.

Here are pop culture icons visiting St Michael’s Mount:



And Star Wars characters visiting St Ives:

 

[960design]

Not true, I have dropped my apple pencil multiple times from couch/table/chest height and its still working fine (edit: gen 2)

I must be incredibly unlucky. Two our of two Apple Pencils ( gen1 ) broken by single drops ( rolls ) from desk height table to tile floor. Gen 2 Apple Pencil, no issues ( it doesn't roll off - haha ).